Julian de Rey

Julian de Rey (1677-September 1719) was a Spanish Navy officer who commanded the naval fort of Chinchorro in Mexico during the Golden Age of Piracy.

Biography
Julian de Rey was born in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain in 1677, and he joined the Spanish Navy as a young man. De Rey served in the War of the Grand Alliance and the War of the Spanish Succession, rising to the rank of Commodore. De Rey was later posted to the Americas, where he was sent to command the fort of Chinchorro in Mexico. The fort protected the shoreline of New Spain from attacks by Great Britain and the pirates, and the fort came under attack from Edward Kenway's pirates in September 1719. The pirates overwhelmed the fort after destroying its defenses, and Kenway killed Rey in the fort's war room.